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A Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) has been called to resign for saying women 'need to be streetwise' about being arrested, following the death of Sarah Everard.
North Yorkshire PCC Phillip Allot said that Miss Everard never should have 'submitted' to the arrest which led to her death on March 3 by former Met officer Wayne Couzens.
The comments, made during an interview on BBC Radio York, were branded 'horrifically offensive' by one campaigner.
North Yorkshire PCC Phil Allot said Miss Everard 'never should have been arrested and submitted to that'
Mr Allot faced calls to resign on Twitter after making the comments, which were branded 'horrifically offensive' by a campaigner
During the interview, host Georgey Spanswick asked: 'How on earth do my stepdaughters, me, my friends, how do we protect ourselves now?’
Mr Allot said: 'So women, first of all, need to be streetwise about when they can be arrested and when they can't be arrested.
'She should never have been arrested and submitted to that.
'Perhaps women need to consider in terms
